Vocabulary : Xylotomous to Xyster

Xylotomous : Capable of boring or cutting wood; -- said of many insects.
Xylotomy : Art of preparing sections (transverse, tangential, or radial) of wood, esp. by means of a microtome, for microscopic examination.
Xylotrya : A genus of marine bivalves closely allied to Teredo, and equally destructive to timber. One species (Xylotrya fimbriata) is very common on the Atlantic coast of the United States.
Xylyl : Any one of three metameric radicals which are characteristic respectively of the three xylenes.
Xylylene : Any one of three metameric radicals, CH2.C6H4.CH2, derived respectively from the three xylenes. Often used adjectively; as, xylylene alcohol.

Xyridaceous : Of or pertaining to a natural order (Xyrideae) of endogenous plants, of which Xyris is the type.
Xyris : A genus of endogenous herbs with grassy leaves and small yellow flowers in short, scaly-bracted spikes; yellow-eyed grass. There are about seventeen species in the Atlantic United States.
Xyst : Alt. of Xystus
Xystarch : An office/ having the superintendence of the xyst.
Xyster : An instrument for scraping bones.

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